Synology DS209+ with its 800MHz CPU and 512MB RAM is expected to deliver impressive performance, bring forth the concept of energy saving with Power On/Off design, and offer variable RAID management. It also features 3-speed smart fan control that should ensure a cool and quiet NAS server in the office environments. Let’s find out if it is really so!

Surveillance Station

The DS209+ can also be used as a basic video surveillance system. To enable this mode, you must connect a web-camera to the NAS and set it up using the Surveillance Station service. This application allows you to record video by a schedule or when there is any movement detected in the surveillance zone. You can also view the camera’s image in real time. The Surveillance Station can work with multiple cameras simultaneously, but you need to buy an additional license with activation key for each additional camera.

E-Mail Server and RoundCube

New in Disk Station Manager version 2.1 is the email server but it is not yet integrated into the firmware – you can install it separately via the package management service. Besides the server, this package includes a web-application called RoundCube. It is quite a popular IMAP client.